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commit 7d4ad47e47c66c0b96623e65b835ecf75c9c9845
Author: G. Branden Robinson <[email protected]>
AuthorDate: Sat Jun 22 18:29:13 2024 -0500
groff_mm(7): State general rule re: measurements.
---
contrib/mm/groff_mm.7.man | 19 +++++++++++--------
1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
diff --git a/contrib/mm/groff_mm.7.man b/contrib/mm/groff_mm.7.man
index cbe1f96fd..82537c4bb 100644
--- a/contrib/mm/groff_mm.7.man
+++ b/contrib/mm/groff_mm.7.man
@@ -278,6 +278,17 @@ macro names are usually in full capitals;
registers and strings tend to have mixed-case names.
.
.
+.P
+Except where noted,
+.I mm
+assumes that horizontal measurements are reckoned in ens
+(scaling unit
+.BR n )
+and vertical ones in vees
+(scaling unit
+.BR v ).
+.
+.
.\" ====================================================================
.SS "Document styles"
.\" ====================================================================
@@ -869,8 +880,6 @@ A second argument increases the indentation by
.I indentation
and reduces the line length by twice this amount.
.
-A scaling unit of ens is assumed.
-.
The default
.RB is\~ 0 .
.
@@ -2707,9 +2716,6 @@ is the interior spacing between columns.
It defaults to
.IR column-width /15.
.
-The arguments' default scaling unit is
-.BR n .
-.
.B NCOL
moves to the next column,
and
@@ -2848,9 +2854,6 @@ as must the amount of space
.IR sp i
between each column pair.
.
-The arguments' default scaling unit is
-.BR n .
-.
.B MULB
uses a diversion and operates in a separate environment.
.
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